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Springfield Livestock Marketing Center

Name: Springfield Livestock Marketing Center livestock auction prices — 2024-08-07
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2024-08-07

Feeder Cattle · Springfield, Missouri · Wed, Aug 7

● Final52 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1255

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Receipts

425 head

▲ 162 vs last sale 263▼ 339 vs year ago 764 · −44.4%

Also sold hereSlaughter/Replacement CattleMon Nov 2, 2026 Replacement Cattle SpecialSat Oct 17, 2026

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Demand was moderate on a light supply of feeder steers and heifers but Better quality and more attractive calves were offered today. Receipts being light last week, we were unable to do an adequate price comparison.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $297.92/cwt on 60 head. That ranks 1 of 34 comparable sales and sits −138.38 against this barn's trailing median of $436.30.

Average price

$297.92

60 head · 537 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,601

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$44

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$22.37/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+9.72

vs MO average

+22.84 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	530	302.37	1,604	35
Medium and Large 1-2	546	293.28	1,600	22
Medium and Large 2	557	280.00	1,560	3thin

One grade step is worth $22.37/cwt here — about $44 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale60 hd

297.92

—

MO average12 barns · 860 hd

288.20

+9.72

National average145 barns · 4,636 hd

275.08

+22.84

This barn, trailing median34 sales

436.30

−138.38

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

34 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $502.40, low $370.33, median $436.30 across 34 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Every lot

52 lots · USDA AMS · Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers24 lots · lightest first
Steers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	345	347.50/cwt	347.50–347.50	1,199	3
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	355	319.00/cwt	319.00–319.00	1,132	2
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	401	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,303	4
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	422	316.35/cwt	312.00–318.00	1,335	7
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	448	305.00/cwt	305.00–305.00	1,366	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	468	316.00/cwt	316.00–316.00	1,479	2
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	479	301.10/cwt	295.00–306.00	1,442	7
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	505	304.00/cwt	304.00–304.00	1,535	10
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	521	296.63/cwt	293.00–300.00	1,545	13
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	524	301.62/cwt	300.00–305.00	1,580	16
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 2Fleshy	557	280.00/cwt	280.00–280.00	1,560	3
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	560	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,686	5
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	581	288.45/cwt	283.00–290.00	1,676	9
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	583	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,766	4
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	290.50/cwt	286.00–296.00	1,804	13
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	639	280.50/cwt	280.00–281.00	1,792	8
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	670	277.86/cwt	275.00–283.00	1,862	15
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1-2	686	266.86/cwt	266.00–275.00	1,831	20
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	707	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,768	3
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	717	260.05/cwt	259.00–263.00	1,865	15
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1-2	777	250.00/cwt	250.00–250.00	1,943	9
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	813	231.00/cwt	231.00–231.00	1,878	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1-2	850	221.00/cwt	221.00–221.00	1,879	2
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 2	870	214.00/cwt	214.00–214.00	1,862	2
Feeder Cattle · Heifers20 lots · lightest first
Heifers	250–300	Medium and Large 1	290	329.00/cwt	329.00–329.00	954	22
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	360	282.50/cwt	282.50–282.50	1,017	2
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	380	307.50/cwt	307.50–307.50	1,169	2
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1-2	426	280.41/cwt	279.00–284.00	1,195	7
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	432	298.35/cwt	297.50–300.00	1,289	6
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1Unweaned	464	284.18/cwt	281.00–286.00	1,319	11
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	480	287.00/cwt	287.00–287.00	1,378	5
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	509	295.00/cwt	295.00–295.00	1,502	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 2	518	245.80/cwt	243.00–250.00	1,273	7
Heifers	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	523	266.95/cwt	261.00–279.00	1,396	19
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	561	290.00/cwt	290.00–290.00	1,627	7
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	588	266.00/cwt	266.00–266.00	1,564	3
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 2	593	240.00/cwt	240.00–240.00	1,423	3
Heifers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	263.40/cwt	260.00–267.00	1,636	4
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	650	258.00/cwt	258.00–258.00	1,677	20
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 2	654	227.77/cwt	225.00–236.00	1,490	8
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	740	229.00/cwt	229.00–229.00	1,695	4
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 2	748	220.00/cwt	220.00–220.00	1,646	2
Heifers	750–800	Medium and Large 2	758	218.00/cwt	218.00–218.00	1,652	2
Heifers	800–850	Medium and Large 2	845	208.00/cwt	208.00–208.00	1,758	3
Feeder Cattle · Bulls8 lots · lightest first
Bulls	350–400	Medium and Large 1-2	368	297.00/cwt	297.00–297.00	1,093	2
Bulls	400–450	Medium and Large 1	428	312.00/cwt	312.00–312.00	1,335	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1	500	303.00/cwt	303.00–303.00	1,515	2
Bulls	500–550	Medium and Large 1-2	520	284.00/cwt	284.00–284.00	1,477	4
Bulls	600–650	Medium and Large 1-2	600	254.00/cwt	254.00–254.00	1,524	2
Bulls	700–750	Medium and Large 1-2	737	230.83/cwt	230.00–233.00	1,701	7
Bulls	800–850	Medium and Large 1-2	845	205.00/cwt	205.00–205.00	1,732	6
Bulls	950–1000	Medium and Large 1-2	979	184.00/cwt	184.00–184.00	1,801	4

This sale against other markets

Missouri weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Missouri auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Missouri feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Springfield Livestock Marketing Center Feeder Cattle - Springfield, MO

Wed Aug 7, 2024

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Receipts 425Last week 263Year ago 764

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	360	282.50	282.50
7	400–450	426	279.00–284.00	280.41
19	500–550	523	261.00–279.00	266.95
3	550–600	588	266.00	266.00
4	700–750	740	229.00	229.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
11	450–500	464	281.00–286.00	284.18

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
22	250–300	290	329.00	329.00
2	350–400	380	307.50	307.50
6	400–450	432	297.50–300.00	298.35
5	450–500	480	287.00	287.00
7	500–550	509	295.00	295.00
7	550–600	561	290.00	290.00
4	600–650	621	260.00–267.00	263.40
20	650–700	650	258.00	258.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
7	500–550	518	243.00–250.00	245.80
3	550–600	593	240.00	240.00
8	650–700	654	225.00–236.00	227.77
2	700–750	748	220.00	220.00
2	750–800	758	218.00	218.00
3	800–850	845	208.00	208.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
3	300–350	345	347.50	347.50
7	400–450	422	312.00–318.00	316.35
2	450–500	468	316.00	316.00
16	500–550	524	300.00–305.00	301.62
5	550–600	560	301.00	301.00
13	600–650	621	286.00–296.00	290.50
15	650–700	670	275.00–283.00	277.86
15	700–750	717	259.00–263.00	260.05

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	355	319.00	319.00
2	400–450	448	305.00	305.00
7	450–500	479	295.00–306.00	301.10
13	500–550	521	293.00–300.00	296.63
9	550–600	581	283.00–290.00	288.45
8	600–650	639	280.00–281.00	280.50
20	650–700	686	266.00–275.00	266.86
9	750–800	777	250.00	250.00
2	800–850	813	231.00	231.00
2	850–900	850	221.00	221.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Unweaned$ per cwt · actual wt
4	400–450	401	325.00	325.00
10	500–550	505	304.00	304.00
4	550–600	583	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
3	550–600	557	280.00	280.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
3	700–750	707	250.00	250.00
2	850–900	870	214.00	214.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
2	400–450	428	312.00	312.00
2	500–550	500	303.00	303.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
2	350–400	368	297.00	297.00
4	500–550	520	284.00	284.00
2	600–650	600	254.00	254.00
7	700–750	737	230.00–233.00	230.83
6	800–850	845	205.00	205.00
4	950–1000	979	184.00	184.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.